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Is Mars in front or behind earth?
Mars and Earth orbit the Sun at different speeds and distances. At certain points in their orbits, Mars can be in front of Earth (when it is closer to the Sun) and at other times it can be behind Earth (when Earth is closer to the Sun). The relative positions of Mars and Earth change constantly due to their orbital motion.
What is the Mars oppostion and what is its significance?
The "opposition" means that Mars is exactly opposite the sun in our sky.That means:-- Mars is due south in the sky ... or pretty close to it ... at 12:00 midnight.-- Sun, Earth, and Mars are lined up in a single straight line.-- Mars and Earth are the closest together they'll be until the next opposition.Unless you're an amateur stargazer, a planetary astronomer, or a member of the Mars Rover team,it doesn't have much significance.
Is the orbit of Mars closer to Earth than the orbit of Venus?
No. The orbit of Venus is closer to Earth's orbit than the orbit of Mars, by an average of 38 million kilometers (Venus 108 million km, Earth 150 million km, Mars 230 million km)Mars is only the closest planet to Earth when Venus is on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth and Mars is on the same side as Earth and Mars is not too far ahead or behind the Earth in their orbits.It can be as long as an entire Earth year that Mars is not closer, and it will only be closer for less than 4 months at a time.
How old will you be on Mars?
Your age does not depend on your location (unless you travel somewhere at near-lightspeed). If you were to find your age in Mars years (1 Mars year = 1 orbit of Mars around the sun) instead of Earth years, you would have to divide your Earth-year age by 1.8808.
How many planets is Mars away from the earth?
earth is 1 planet away from mars
Is Mars in front or behind earth?
Mars and Earth orbit the Sun at different speeds and distances. At certain points in their orbits, Mars can be in front of Earth (when it is closer to the Sun) and at other times it can be behind Earth (when Earth is closer to the Sun). The relative positions of Mars and Earth change constantly due to their orbital motion.
Is Mars behind the Earth?
It depends on where you are in space. The order of the planets heading outward from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, etc. so if you're looking out from the Sun, Mars is behind Earth. If you're looking inward from Pluto, however, Mars comes first.
Where is mars location in the solar sestem?
Behind Earth
What happens when mars is located directly behind the Earth with respect to the sun in its orbit?
You might be able to see a transit of the Earth as it passes across the sun, but this would be a rare event - you would have to be based on Mars to see this, with a fairly powerful telescope and filters. The planet crossing in front of the sun would appear much smaller than the disc of the sun and no Earth shadow would be present on mars because of this. The light that Earth would block out would not really be noticeable. Observers on Earth have seen Mercury and Venus make similar transits, it would be a bit like those.
What happens if either mars or Venus were to align with earth and sun?
Our faces will melt off
What happens when Mars experiences retrograde motion?
Nothing special. Mars appears to go backwards when the Earth overtakes it in its orbit, because the Earth goes round the Sun more quickly.
What is the Mars oppostion and what is its significance?
The "opposition" means that Mars is exactly opposite the sun in our sky.That means:-- Mars is due south in the sky ... or pretty close to it ... at 12:00 midnight.-- Sun, Earth, and Mars are lined up in a single straight line.-- Mars and Earth are the closest together they'll be until the next opposition.Unless you're an amateur stargazer, a planetary astronomer, or a member of the Mars Rover team,it doesn't have much significance.
Is the orbit of Mars closer to Earth than the orbit of Venus?
No. The orbit of Venus is closer to Earth's orbit than the orbit of Mars, by an average of 38 million kilometers (Venus 108 million km, Earth 150 million km, Mars 230 million km)Mars is only the closest planet to Earth when Venus is on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth and Mars is on the same side as Earth and Mars is not too far ahead or behind the Earth in their orbits.It can be as long as an entire Earth year that Mars is not closer, and it will only be closer for less than 4 months at a time.
How old will you be on Mars?
Your age does not depend on your location (unless you travel somewhere at near-lightspeed). If you were to find your age in Mars years (1 Mars year = 1 orbit of Mars around the sun) instead of Earth years, you would have to divide your Earth-year age by 1.8808.
How many planets is Mars away from the earth?
earth is 1 planet away from mars
Why is Mars so slow at orbiting the Earth?
Mars does not orbit the Earth. Mars orbits the Sun, as does the Earth.
The kind of planet are Mars and Earth?
Mars and Earth are both rocky or "terrestrial" planets. Mars and Earth also belong to the group of inner planets (along with Venus and Mercury). Inner planets are in front of the meteor belt (between Mars and Jupiter), outer planets are behind the meteor belt.
